5 Duties of office of keeper of the signet to be discharged by the lord register, whose salary shall be limited to 1,200l. per annum.
The duties of keeper of the signet in Scotland shall be discharged by the lord register: . . . F1 and every person henceforth to be appointed lord register shall discharge the duties of keeper of the signet, as well as of lord register, with the aid of such assistance from clerks and other officers, as the Treasury shall think fit to appoint.